Ely. But, my good Lord, How now for mitigation of this bill, Urg'd by the Commons? doth his Majefty Cant. He feems indifferent; Or rather swaying more upon our part, And in regard of caufes now in hand Ely. How did this offer feem receiv'd, my Lord? Cant. With good acceptance of his Majesty; Save that there was not time enough to hear As, I perceiv'd, his Grace would fain have done The feverals, and unhidden paffages 8 Of his true titles to fome certain Dukedoms, Ely. What was th' impediment, that broke this off? Cant. Then go we in to know his embaffy; The feverals, and unbidden palaces] This line I fufpect of corruption, though it may be fairly enough explained; the [Exeunt. palages of his titles are the lines of fuccefion, by which his claims defcend. Unhidden is open, clear. SCENE 1 SCENE II, Opens to the Prefence. Enter King Henry, Gloucester, Bedford, Clarence, Warwick, Weftmorland, and Exeter. K. Henry. V HERE is my gracious Lord of Exe. Not here in prefence. K. Henry. Send for him, good uncle. Weft. Shall we call in th' ambaffador, my Liege?" K. Henry. Not yet, my coufin; we would be refolv'd, Before we hear him, of fome things of weight, That task our thoughts, concerning us and France. Enter the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Bishop of Ely. Cant. God and his angels guard your facred throne, And make you long become it! K. Henry. Sure, we thank you. My learned Lord, we pray you to proceed; Why the law Salike, that they have in France, 9 Shall we call in, &c.] Here began the old play. POPE. tak] Keep bufied" with fcruples and laborious difquifitions. ** Or nicely charge your underftanding foul] Take heed left by nice and fubtle fophiftry you burthen your knowing foul, or knowingly burthen your fou', with the guilt of advancing a falfe title, or of maintaining, by fpecious fallacies, a claim which, if thewn in its native and true colours, would appear to be false. + mifcreate-] Il-begotten; illegitimate; fpurious. Therefore Therefore take heed, how you impawn our perfon, 'Gainst him, whofe wrong gives edge unto the fwords, Cant. Then hear me, gracious Sovereign, and you That owe your lives, your faith, and fervices, . Where Charles the great, having fubdu'd the Saxons, Eight hundred five. Befides, their writers fay, Of Blithild, which was daughter to King Clothair, Of Charles the Duke of Lorain, fole heir male Though, in pure truth, it was corrupt and naught, To Lewis th' Emperor, which was the fon Alfo King Lewis the ninth, 4 To fine his title, &c.] This is the reading of the 4to of 1608, that of the folio is, To find bis title. I would read, To line his title with shows of truth. To line may fignify at once to decorate and to ftrengthen. He did line the rebels with hid den help and vantage. Dr. Warburton fays, that to fine his title, is to refine or improve it. The reader is to judge. Who Who was fole heir to the ufurper Capet, Daughter to Charles the forefaid Duke of Lorain: To hold in right and title of the female; Than amply to imbare their crooked titles, Ufurpt from you and your progenitors. K. Henry. May I with right and conscience make this claim? Cant. The fin upon my head, dread Sovereign! When the fon dies, let the inheritance Go, my dread Lord, to your great grandfire's tomb, Mr. Pope reads: Than openly imbrace ] But where is the Antithefis betwixt hide in the preceding Line, and imbrace in this? The two old Folio's read, Than amply to imbarreWe certainly must read, as Mr. Warburton advis'd me,-Than amply to imbare-lay open, difplay to View. I am furpriz'd Mr. Pope did not ftart this Conjecture, as Mr. Rowe has led the way to it in his Edition, who reads; crooked Titles. THEOBALD. Mr. Theobald might have found in the quarto of 1608, this reading, Than amply to embrace their crooked caufes, out of which line Mr. Pope formed his reading, erroneous indeed, but not merely capricious. Bb 2 And |